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Can grave and formal pass for wise, When Men the solemn Owl despise?


Benjamin Franklin

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GRETCHEN RUBIN My friends call me an owl. Apparently, it's a combination of being wise and having big eyes.
ROMY MADLEY CROFT Once in Persia reigned a king
Who upon his signet ring
Graved a maxim true and wise,
Which ...
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SUNDAY ADELAJA Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise...
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SOURCE UNKNOWN Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
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DOUGLAS BADER Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.
BLAISE PASCAL Despise evil and un godliness but not men of un godliness or evil.
WILLIAM SAROYAN The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted fi...
ROBERT BLAIR When two wise men are blaming one another,
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PETER YORK Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.
GIFFORD PINCHOT Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN One should eat to live, not live to eat.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervad...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would keep your secret from an enemy,
tell it not to a friend.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN